Mission accomplished, Villa now puts focus totally on basketball
JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM Hawaii guard Jessiya Villa shot the ball during the first day of basketball practice on Saturday. During a two-year church mission in Ghana, Jessiya Villa often was asked how his day was going. “Eye,” responded Villa, using the Twi-dialect word (pronounced Ay-yay) for “good.” These days, life is “eye” for Villa, who is a freshman guard for the University of Hawaii basketball team. Down 20 pounds since his senior season at Kahuku High,